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Rob Garrison edited this page Oct 24, 2022 · 54 revisions

A userscript that adds a color swatch next to the code color definition

  • It works in comment previews and code pages.
  • Supports hex, rgb, rgba, hsl, hsla and all named colors.
  • Additional support for colors set inside strings (e.g. javascript or canvas).
  • It does not interfere if you copy & paste the code.
  • In v2+:
    • You can use Tab to navigate between swatches.
    • Pressing Space and Enter will toggle the popup (when focused).
    • Pressing Esc will close all popups.
  • Click this link to install from GitHub; or, install from GreasyFork or OpenUserJS.

Screenshot

github-code-color

Examples

Test these examples once the userscript is installed

CSS

.style {
  background: #123456;
  color: rgb( 255,128,64);
  border-left: 1px hsla(65, 100%, 50%, 1) solid;
  border-right-color: maroon;
  box-shadow: 3px 3px hsl( 128, 30%, 50% );
  text-shadow: 2px 5px rgba(255, 0,  183,0.5);
}

Javascript (Canvas)

// code slightly modified from the source:
// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Canvas_API/Tutorial/Applying_styles_and_colors#A_globalAlpha_example
function draw() {
  var ctx = document.getElementById('canvas').getContext('2d');
  // draw background
  ctx.fillStyle = 'gold';
  ctx.fillRect(0,0,75,75);
  ctx.fillStyle = '#6C0';
  ctx.fillRect(75,0,75,75);
  ctx.fillStyle = '#09F';
  ctx.fillRect(0,75,75,75);
  ctx.fillStyle = 'hsl(12, 100%, 50%)';
  ctx.fillRect(75,75,75,75);
  ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)';
  // set transparency value
  ctx.globalAlpha = 0.2;

  // Draw semi transparent circles
  for (i=0;i<7;i++){
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.arc(75,75,10+10*i,0,Math.PI*2,true);
    ctx.fill();
  }
}
draw();

Change Log

Version 2.0.8 (2022-10-24)

  • Update dependencies

Version 2.0.7 (2022-05-30)

Version 2.0.6 (2021-07-21)

  • Update mutation script.
  • Update selectors.

Version 2.0.5 (2021-01-31)

  • Update mutation script.

Version 2.0.4 (2019-07-31)

  • Add copy to clipboard buttons to popup.
  • Fix linting issue.

Version 2.0.3 (2019-07-25)

Version 2.0.2 (2019-07-24)

  • Fix text selection in popup. See issue #95.

Version 2.0.1 (2019-07-23)

  • Fix issue comment submit.

Version 2.0.0 (2019-07-23)

  • Clicking on the color swatch will now open a popup showing the same color in different formats:
    • Associated named color (if any)
    • Hex format
    • RGB and RGBA (if alpha < 1) formats
    • HSL and HSLA (if alpha < 1) formats
    • HWB format
    • CMYK format
  • The swatches can be opened by clicking or through tab navigation and pressing Space or Enter
  • Close all swatches by pressing Esc
  • And it works in any markdown comment preview
  • Completes issue #95 request

Version 1.2.5 (2019-02-16)

  • Update GitHub icon.

Version 1.2.4 (2019-01-28)

  • Update mutation script.

Version 1.2.3 (2018-10-05)

  • Update mutation script.

Version 1.2.2 (2018-08-13)

  • Prevent adding a swatch to JS Math.tan.

Version 1.2.1 (2018-07-31)

  • Fix JS error. Only seen when used with a certain chrome extension.

Version 1.2.0 (2018-07-16)

  • Speed up DOM interaction.
  • Code cleanup & start using requestAnimationFrame with a generator.

Version 1.1.16 (2018-05-17)

  • Update mutation script.

Version 1.1.15 (2018-05-10)

  • Update mutation script.

Version 1.1.14 (2018-04-09)

  • Update mutation script url.

Version 1.1.13 (2018-01-30)

  • Update GM4 polyfill.

Version 1.1.12 (2017-12-14)

  • Add GM4 polyfill & update assets.

Version 1.1.11 (2017-11-23)

  • Ignore nested color blocks

Version 1.1.10 (2017-10-08)

  • Update mutation script url.

Version 1.1.9 (2017-09-22)

  • Prevent JS error on invalid css colors.

Version 1.1.8 (2017-05-16)

  • Change license to MIT.

Version 1.1.7 (2017-04-21)

  • Update mutation url.

Version 1.1.4 – 1.1.6 (2017-04-13)

  • Switch to using mutations.js.

Version 1.1.3 (2017-04-05)

Version 1.1.2 (2017-03-29)

  • Fix misspelled color name.

Version 1.1.1 (2017-03-25)

  • Use pjax & preview events.

Version 1.1.0 (2016-09-12)

  • Add "grey" color names.
  • Beautified.

Version 1.0.2 (2016-08-20)

  • General cleanup & update to es6.

Version 1.0.1 (2016-03-25)

  • Support unix style hex colors (e.g. 0x9988aa).
  • Support colors inside strings.
  • Cache regex in loop.

Version 1.0.0 (2016-03-24)

Version 0.1.0 – 0.1.2 (2016-03-20)

  • Initial commit.
  • Add userscript meta data.
  • Remove flag preventing updates after ajax load.
  • Include named colors.
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